Our Research
The Mayer lab has been a junior group at TUM since 2024, and an independent professorship since December 2025. Our research is conducted at the interface of physical organic chemistry and catalysis research. By obtaining deep mechanistic insights into the investigated chemistries through the synergy of (high-throughput) experimentation, computations, and data science, we aim to uncover general principles that contribute to our understanding of complex catalytic processes in organic chemistry, or processes central to Life.
News
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New publication in JACS: Predicting Phosphoryl Transfer
We are very happy to share that our paper “A Unified Reactivity Scale Predicts Nonenzymatic Phosphoryl Transfer and Nucleophilic Catalysis in Water” has just been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The… Read more
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Inaugural Lecture at TUM
On November 3, I had the pleasure of giving my inaugural lecture, “Physical Organic Chemistry in the Age of Big Data: Predicting Reactivity and Catalysis in Water”, in the Emil-Erlenmeyer Lecture Hall in Garching. I… Read more
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Autumn Updates from the MayerLab
A lot has happened in the lab over the past months, so here is a short summary of our autumn. Oktoberfest On September 29, the group made the obligatory trip to Oktoberfest. We were lucky… Read more
